Brake-beam-supporting means



927 A. w. HAWKINS 7 BRAKE BEAM SUPPORTING MEAN S Filed Aug. 21, 1925fizzle/Z502 Z/z'ur- Mfmwkakla Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrg ARTHUR W. HAWKINS, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN,ASSIGNOR T CHICAGO RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BRAKE-BEAM-SUPPORTING MEANS.

Application filed August 21, 1925. Serial No. 51,695.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in adjustablebrake beam supporting means, the objects being to provide a brake beamsupporting means carried by a fixed part of a car truck and adjustablerelative thereto in a vertical plane.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a simple mountingadapted to be fixed to a spring plank and arranged to adjustably receivea brake beam supporting means whereby the latter may be adjusted withrespect to the brake beam with which it is associated.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which 7 Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the V brakesupporting means and mounting therefor.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section through the mounting, showing meansof attachment of the brake beam supporting means thereto.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the mounting with the brake beamsupporting means attached thereto.

Figure 4 is a detail view of a modified form of mounting.

Figures 5 and 6 are side elevational views showing modified forms of thebrake supporting means.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 indicates a cartruck part, such as a spring plank, 11 the compression member of a brakebeam, and12 the tension member thereof. A mounting 14 is secured inposition on the spring plank by means of rivets 15 which secure thehorizontal portion 16 of said mounting to the web portion of the springplank. The vertical portion 17 of said mounting is provided with avertically disposed slot or pocket 18, said vertical portion extendingupwardly adjacent to the side of the spring plank and terminating inextensions 17 provided in their walls with aligned apertures 19. V

A brake beam supporting means 20 is provided with a track portion 21extending under the brake beam and adapted to support the tension memberor a chair carried thereby, such as indicated in dotted lines-at 22.Said supporting means is further provided with a vertical portion 24adapted to pass through thevertically disposed slot 18" of mounting 14.This vertical portion 24 is provided with a vertically disposed row ofapertures 25, any one of which is adapted to be aligned with theapertures 19. A. bolt or pin 26 is adapted to be seated in apertures 19and pass through one of the apertures25, thereby interlocking the brakebeam supporting means with the mounting. VA cotter pin 27 can be used toprevent displacement of the pin 26. In this manner, support 20 may beadjusted in a vertical plane by bringing the proper aperture inalignment with apertures 19.

In the form shown in Figure 4, the vertical portion 17 a of mounting 14is provided at its upper end with outwardly projecting lugs 28 which areadapted to rest on the upwardly presented edge of the verticallydisposed flange 10 of spring plank 10.

Thus the weight or the stresses to which said mounting is subjectedispartially taken care of by lugs 28 which rest on the upwardly presentedflange of the spring plank, thereby relieving the horizontal portion ofthe mounting from undue strains.

In the modified form shown in Figure 5, a brake beam support 29 isprovided with a track portion 30 which extends under the brake beam andhas a rebent portion 31 which extends rearwardly above the brake beamand terminates in a vertically and downwardly disposed end 32 which isapertured and adapted to be attached by attaching means 32 to the end 33of a vertically disposed portion. 34 which latter passes through thepocket formed in the mounting. This portion 34 is provided with avertically disposed row of horizontal apertures, any one of which isadapted to receive a pin 35 horizontally seated in the upper end of saidmounting. In this manner, vertical adjustment is provided for thesupport by'bringing any one of said apertures in engagement with pin 35and a further adjustment is pro. vided by bringing the apertured end 32into engagement with any one of the apertures of the vertically disposedportion 34.

In the modified form shown in Figure 6, a brake beam support 36 is shownconsisting of two members, a lower ortrack member 37 which extends underthe brake beam, and an upper member 38, one end of which is hinged tothe outer end of member 38 as indicated at 39 and the other end of whichis bent downwardlyto form a vertically disposed'leg 40 and extendsthrough the slot in the mounting 14". Member 37 is provided "with avertically and upwardly presented leg 41 which .extendsupwardly throughthe slot in mounting 14? adjacent to the clownwardly presented leg 40.The legs or extensions 40 and 41 are provided with horizon-c talapertures 42 and a3, respectively, which are arranged in vertical rowsand are adapt- :ed to be brought into alignment with each other forreceiving a pin 4A which is seated an the colncldlng apertures formed 1nthe walls of mounting 14 If desired, a pin &5

can be used to secure the two vertical extensions 40 and 41 togetherindependently of pin 44 in order to preserve the relative positions ofmembers 37 and 38 when pin 44 is 'withdrawn and serve as auxiliary means--to .prevent the displacement of said members from the mounting. Byadjusting legs 40 and 41 relative to each other, the angularity of thetrack portion 37 of member 37 can be varied at will. I 'c laimr r I1 Anadjustable brake beam support comprising amountingadapted to be fixed toa spring plank and having a vertically dis posed recess, and a supportmember prov ded with a track portlon for engagmg a brake beam and havinga verticallydisposed' portion seated in said recess and adjustabletherein to vary the position otsaid track member in a verticalplane.

2. An adjustable brake beam support comprising amounting adapted to besecured to a car truck. part, said mounting being ;provlded with avertlca-lly disposed seat, and a brake beam support member havingan upWard extension \adjustably disposed an sa1d seat for adjusting the brakebeam engaging portion thereof in a vertical plane.

3. An adjustable brake beam support comprising a mounting adapted tobesecured to a car truck part, said mounting being provided with avertically disposed seata brake beam support member having a verJtically disposed extension adjustably dis posed'in said seat foradjusting the brake beam engaging portion thereofrelative to a brakebeamyand means for interloclnngsaid support with theextension of saidmountmg.

4; An adjustable bralre beam support com .prisinga mounting adapted tobe secured to a car truck apart. said mounting; being provided withravertically disposed pocket open attop and bottom, a brake beam supportmember having a vertically disposedportion adjustablv disposed in saidpocket for adjusting the brake beam engagmg g'POlTtlOD 1 thereofrelative to a brake 'beam, and removable means for locking said supportin ad usted -pos1t1on insaid seat.

5. An adjustable brake beam support com prising a mounting adaptedto besecured to a car truck part and provlded with a vertically d sposedseat, a brake beam supporting "member having a track portion extendingunder the brake beam and a vertically disposed portion extending throughsaid seat, said vertically disposed portion being'provided with a seriesof apertures arranged in a vertical row, and a member seated in saidmounting and adapted to engage any one of said apertures and lock saidbrake beam support in position m sa1d mounting. I

6. In a brake beam support, the combination of a spring plank, with amounting disposed to one side thereof and provided with a vert callydisposed pockeua brake beam su ortin track member having an n awardlvdisposed portioniinsertable through and adjustable in sa1d pocket andmeans lnter- 5 engaging said upward portion with the'walls otsaid pocketfor locking said track member in adjusted position.

7. In a brake beam support, the combination with a spring plank, of amounting disposed adjacent to one side thereof and secured thereto, saidmounting being provided with a vertically disposed .s'lot, a pair ofcoinciding apertures formed in the walls of said mounting, =a brake beamsupportmember having a trackportion extending under a brake beam and avertically disposed portion traverslng sa1d slot, sa1d verticallydisposed portion being provided with a series of apertures disposed 1n avertical row, and

.berprovided with a track portion adapted to be engaged by a brake beampart and having a vertically andupwardly disposed porion extendingthrough'and adjustably arranged in'saidpocket, and means carried by saidmounting and engaging said vertical portion for locking said supportmember in position therein.

9. ,A- brake beam support comprising a mounting provided with avertically dis- :posedpocket open at top and bottom a loop supportmember having a vertically disposed portion extending through saidpocket, and means for adjustably locking said vertically, disposedportion in said slot. c

10. A brake beam support comprising a mounting.adapted to be secured toa car truck part and provided with a vertically disposed slot" a ,loopsupport member for supportmgca brake beam and having averticallydisposed portion extending through said slot, means for adjustablylocking said vertically disposed portion in said slot, and means forlocking the ends of said loop together.

11. An adjustable brake beam support comprisin a mounting adapted to besecured to a car truck part and provided with a vertically disposedslot, and a loop support member adapted to engage a brake beam andhaving a vertically disposed portion extending through said slot andadjustably secured therein, and means for locking the ends of said loopmember together, said ends being adjustable relative to each other tovary the inclination of the brake beam engaging portion of said loopmember. I

12. A. brake beam support comprising a mounting adapted to be carried bya car truck part and having a vertically disposed pocket, and a trackmember having a vertically disposed leg surrounded by said pocket andvertically adjustable therein.

13. In a brake beam support, a bracket for attachment to a truck springplank and adapted to provide a vertically extending recess adjacent tothe edge of said spring plank, and a beam supporting element having anupright leg adjustable vertically in said seat, and having an outwardlyextending leg for engaging the underside of a brake beam member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature this 17th day ofAugust, 1925.

ARTHUR W. HAWKINS.

